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Endangered Species Act: Delisting the Black-capped Vireo?

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A reasonable birder could respond to this change in a variety of ways, from satisfaction that another bird species has recovered to concern that FWS is caving to rapacious corporations at the expense of an endangered bird. (If FWS should decide within a year.

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Bird Litigation: Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle

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Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon under the Endangered Species Act. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.). Zinke , 2017 868 F.3d What does that mean? The opinions: Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. 3d 1054 (9th Cir.